TSIMSHIAX SOCIETY 



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'Drmft nf Relationship. — The following tables illustrate the system 

 of relationships : ' 



SELF MALE 



REMOTEST ANCESTORS 



LESS REMOTE ANCESTORS TO SIXTH GENERATION 



ANCESTORS OF FIFTH AND FOURTH GENERATIONS 



GREAT-GRANDPARENTS 



GRANDFATHERS . GRANDMOTHERS 



Aunts; one of these may- 

 become mother-in-law 



I 



Mini's fathers Man's mothers 



I 'm /. s; one of these may 



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Cousins 

 Females; one of these Males; some of Brothers 

 may become wife; oth- these may become 



ors, sisters-in-law brothers-in-law 



Self 



I I 



Mi ,nlirns i if fraternity >;/ 

 opposite sex 



I 



I I . I 



Nephews (or nieces); some 



of these may become 

 sons-in-law or daughters- 

 in-law 



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The table for the female is quite analogous, except that the terms 

 for " woman's father " and "woman's mother" must be substituted 

 for the terms given before. Owing to the matrilineal descent, the 

 table for the generation of the self and her children takes the follow- 

 ing form: 



SELF FEMALE 



Cousins 

 Females; some of these Males; one of thesi 

 may become sisters-in- may become hus 

 law band; others 



brothers-in-law 



St If Member of Jmternity of 

 opposite sex 



Nephews or nieces; Children 



si line of those may be- 

 come sons-in-law or 

 daughters-in-law 



i The terms in small capitals may belong to one's own or to another exogamie group; those in italics, to 

 one's own exogamie group; those in roman. to the exogamie group of the father. Males and females 

 under one brace belong to (he same generafk 

 female line is indicated. 



Vertical lines indicate descent. Only descent 



